Chapter 3!!! throws confetti -;; heh...it only took me almost a month...over a month...but that's not the point..-;; Urm...yea...I'll say this again, even though I already said it in chapter one- Don't mind my horrible paragraph-arrangement. I'm horrible at it. Just pretend that it's normal and you should be fine. Also, don't mind my spelling. I just realized now that I spelled 'corporate' like 'cooperate' back in chapter one...ya. I'm a really bad speller. .;;
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. (Duh.) Same goes for The Apprentice, Game boy, EBay, Burger King, and other random things you may notice in the ficcy.
Oh, and thanks to all who reviewed!
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Week 3
The remaining four contestants all sat around the Kaiba Corp. lobby, talking to their partners, and wondering aloud what the next task would be. Or at least team two was. Team one was sitting across the room from each other, shooting random glares at their teammates. Marik was laying on one of the leather chairs, while Yami was busy applying more hair gel to his spikey hair. Kaiba was sitting in his office, which was located right next from where Marik was laying. The door to the office was wide open, so Marik could hear every click Kaiba made as he typed on his computer. The secretary's desk was across the hallway, near where Ishizu and Joey sat quietly talking. Or at least one of them was talking quietly. Ishizu would whisper something to Joey, who would then reply loudly, so unless you were Joey, you only heard half the conversation. Quite strange, if you've never hung out with Joey before.
"Pharaoh! They should make a law saying you're only allowed six cases of hair gel a week, because looking at you're head, you're way over the six-case mark!" Marik said, as he watched Yami toss an empty jar of gel into the garbage, then take out another one from his pocket and apply some more to his hair.
"Look who's talking! Your hair look's like you hung upside down on some monkey bars for four hours! And besides, this is only my fourth case....today..."
Marik was just about to respond to that when the clicking sound from Kaiba's office stopped. Marik heard Kaiba whisper something into his intercom, and then the clicking resumed. A few seconds later, the secretary got up from her desk and walked over to the two teams.
"Mr. Kaiba will see you now." She smiled and walked back to her desk. Marik was fuming.
"What?!?! He's so lazy that he can't get up from his desk for two seconds to come over here and tell us that himself?!?! I mean, c'mon! His office is right here!!
"You're exactly right Marik. My office is right here. Which is why I can hear everything you're saying." Kaiba said, getting up from his desk and walking into the lobby.
"Good! So now I don't have to repeat it to your face!"
Before a fight broke out, Ishizu interrupted. "Just get it out. What's our next task?" She questioned.
Kaiba looked at all of them and smirked. "Why the long faces? You're all competing for a chance to work for me. You all should look ecstatic!
Yami frowned. "Well when you put it that way..." He grabbed a mallet from out of nowhere and swung it down hard on Kaiba's head. "No!"
Kaiba looked dazed for a moment, then fainted. Everyone was quiet for a moment, and then the screaming started.
"You Baka pharaoh!!! What's wrong with you?!?! Marik screeched.
"Yea, Yug. What was that all about? Though I can't say I blame you for doing that..." Joey smirked. Ishizu sighed.
"I predict problems...."
Just then, Malik ran through the door, and stopped right in front of everyone. He pulled out a piece of paper, and then began to read.
"I've just been informed that Mr. Kaiba was hit on the head by a gigantic hammer-"
"Mallet!" Marik coughed as Yami scowled.
"Oh sorry. MALLET."
silence
"Again with the silence thing?!?!" Joey shouted.
Alright! Alright! Just shut up!!
"Okay....so we know Kaiba was hit over the head." Ishizu said aloud. "What else?"
Malik shrugged. "That's it."
"You idiot! We can see that Kaiba was knocked out! He's right in front of us! Why are you reporting stuff to us that we already know, you brilliant human being?!?!" Marik fumed.
Malik scowled. "Hey! I don't make the news! I just report it!"
"So what does this mean?" Joey thought aloud.
Malik shrugged. "I guess the show's canceled." He turned to walk away, but he was stopped by two Kaiba Corp. guards who whispered something into his ear, then turned and left.
Malik cleared his throat. "I've just been informed that the show isn't cancelled, because then the ratings will go down. This means we must find a replacement." He nodded at Ishizu, and ran off.
"Who could we find on such short notice?" Yami wondered.
((10 minutes later))
"So...let me get this straight. My brother was hit on the head with a giant...erm...was it a hammer?" Mokuba Kaiba frowned and looked up from the Game boy he was playing with.
"It was a mallet." Marik smirked.
"Oh, sorry. Mallet." Mokuba looked back down at the Game boy screen and continued to play. "And you want me to be the host for this week?"
"You're the only one who's related to Kaiba." Joey said.
"I...guess I could do that. How hard could it be?" Mokuba switched the Game boy off and looked at everyone.
Si-
"Don't start with the silence thing again!!!" Joey shouted.
Oh...Fine!!!!
After a few minutes of NOT TALKING (Joey grinned.), Mokuba spoke up.
"So....what are you guys waiting for?"
Yami slapped his forehead. "For you to give us our next task!"
"Oh!! But I don't have anything for you to sell...Anyone got any ideas?"
Joey grinned. "Glow-in-the-dark underwear!"
Marik, Yami and Ishizu looked at him. "NO!!!!!"
Mokuba grinned. "I like it!!"
"WHAT?!?!?" Everyone but Joey shouted.
"Ya! Who doesn't like Glow-in-the-Underwear?"
"My thoughts exactly!" Joey smirked.
Mokuba jumped off the chair he was sitting on. "So...um...Let's see...Where do I get glowing underwear for you guys to sell?"
"Internet?" Someone suggested.
Mokuba shrugged. "It's worth a try."
((Somewhere in the Kaiba's house))
Mokuba opened his laptop and turned it on. He entered the internet, and turned to everyone else. "What website should we try?"
"EBay!! They have all the best stuff!!!" Joey jumped up and down like a little kid.
Yami frowned. "How do you know about EBay, Joey?"
"It's where I get all my Yuugioh Subs!"
"Um...And why would you do that?"
"Hey. Someone has to see us they way we were meant to be."
"...True."
"Ah! Here it is! I found it!" Mokuba grinned triumphantly. "EBay had them! There are currently 20 pairs left! Should I buy all of them?"
"That means there are 10 pairs for each team. Yes, buy them all." Ishizu said.
"Okay." Mokuba clicked the 'order' button, and charged it to Kaiba's credit account.
"Kaiba's not gonna be happy when he finds out what you did while he's unconscious." Marik taunted.
"Then we won't let him find out, right...Marik?" Mokuba glared at the spirit, and held up an envelope. Marik glared at Mokuba and snatched the envelope and looked through its contents. Gasping, Marik threw the envelope down in horror. Mokuba grabbed them before Marik could, and smirked. Marik was horrified.
"You...You Demon child!!!"
"Heh." Mokuba turned back to the computer and turned it off. A second after he did so, the door bell rang.
"That was quick." Mokuba thought, as he headed to the front door and answered it. A post-office worker stood there with a medium-sized box in his hands. "Package for Mr. Kaiba?"
"That's me." Mokuba smiled and grabbed the clipboard. He signed his brother's name, and handed it back to the officer. The officer handed him the box, and left.
"I got it guys!" Mokuba called as he shut the door. While he waited for everyone to come back into the lobby, he noticed that Seto was still on the floor, unconscious. But just as Mokuba was walking by, Kaiba lifted his head, and struggled to his feet
"Oh...my head..."
WHAM!!
Mokuba lifted the box over his head and slammed it down on Kaiba, who was immediately knocked out once again.
"Oh...pretty birdies..." Kaiba fell back down.
Mokuba smiled sympathetically. "Sorry Seto. But I like being in charge for once!" And with that, he ran off to find the rest of the contestants.
((Team One-15 minutes later-Outside))
"You were leader last time, Pharaoh!"
"So? I was a better leader than you would have been!"
"Sure! If you mean 'Leader of the morons'!"
Yami and Marik were standing outside, and once again, they were fighting over who would get to be leader.
Yami sighed. "Fine. I have an idea. We'll duel to see who the leader will be."
"Fine with me. I'll crush you!"
Yami and Marik took their places opposite one another in front of the Kaiba Corp. building. Each of them took the duel disks that had just been "conveniently" placed on their arms. They shuffled their decks, and drew.
"I'll go first Pharaoh! First, I'll place one card face down, then summon Helpoemer in defense mode! Turn end!" Marik ended his turn by laughing manically.
"Hmm...Then I'll summon Dark Magician in attack mode! Destroy Hell Poemer! Dark Magic!" Yami watched as his Dark Magician attacked Marik's Hell Poemer. Then he laughed. "With my Dark Magician, I can't lose!"
((20 minutes later))
"HOW COULD I LOSE?!?! I HAD MY DARK MAGICIAN!!!!"
Marik laughed manically, and stroked his deck. "Even the king has to step down sometime, pharaoh!"
"Argh! Enough gloating! So you're leader! Big deal!"
"It's a very big deal!"
"Whatever!"
Yami sighed and turned to Marik. "Fine Mr. Leader, what should we do now?"
Marik took out his Millennium Item and scratched his chin with it. "I dunno. How about force-selling? Threaten them?"
"How 'bout no?"
"Spoilsport."
Yami sighed again. "How about we do what we did with the shoes? Be street vendors?"
"....Fine. Have it your way."
"You sound like a Burger King commercial."
"What' Burger King?"
"...Never mind.
Yami looked around for people to sell to. Spotting one, he approached the man. "Would you like to buy some.....uh....glow-in-the-dark underwear?"
The man looked at Yami like he had 3 heads. Then the man walked away. Yami sighed. Marik laughed at Yami.
"You're pathetic!"
"And you're psycho. So what's you're point?"
Yami sighed for the third time this chapter. "This....is gonna take a while."
((Team Two))
"Joey, It's your turn to be leader." Ishizu said.
"Hm? Okay." Joey yawned. "So...how are we gonna sell these? Door-to-door?"
Ishizu shrugged. "I guess so. It would probably be the best idea."
((House One))
Ishizu rang the door bell to the first house on the block. Joey stood next to her, holding the small box of glowing underwear.
As soon as the door opened, a short, brown-haired girl opened the door. Ishizu's jaw dropped.
"Serenity?!?"
Serenity smiled. "Hi Ishizu! Hi Oniichan!"
Ishizu smiled at Serenity, and then turned to frown at Joey. "You live here?!?"
"Hm? I do?" Joey looked up from the leaf he was examining. He looked at the address and smiled. "Well what do you know!"
Ishizu fell.
"So...Um...guys? Why are you ringing my doorbell carrying a box of glow in the dark underwear?" Serenity asked, confused.
"We're on a game show for Kaiba. And we have to sell all this stuff that he gives us to sell, and whoever sells the most wins." Joey answered.
"So who else is playing?"
"Well....Yami. And Marik too."
"Oh. Well, if I buy some, will you guys win?"
"Yea. If you buy them all."
Serenity looked thoughtful. So....if I buy all of the underwear now, you guys will win Kaiba's challenge?"
Joey smirked. "....Yea...."
Serenity smiled. "Okay Oniichan! I'll but them all!"
Ishizu frowned. "Are you sure Serenity? You want to buy them all? You really don't have to, you know...."
"It's okay Ishizu! I want to!"
Joey grinned. "Really? Thank you Serenity!" He handed the box to Serenity as Serenity forked over twenty dollars.
"It's no problem Joey! I'm just happy to help!"
((Team One-No Underwear sold))
"Hello. Would you like to buy some...uh...glowinthedarkunderwear?" Yami finished the last word in one breath as the pedestrian shook his head. Yami sighed as the stranger walked away. "It's useful if you want to get dressed in the dark! ....If you ever wanted to...do that..."
Yami sighed as he walked back to when Marik was sitting, laughing at Yami hysterically.
"You moron! That's the 27th person you've asked, and not even one of them has even bothered to answer you! Not that I would expect them to, but still..."
Yami glared at the spirit. "You think you can do better? Let me see you try!"
Marik stopped laughing and looked at Yami. "Fine! I will!"
Marik walked to the corner, and took out his Millennium Rod. He waited until someone passed by, the held out the Rod right under the man's throat.
"Alright! Unless you want to continue to live the rest of your worthless days in the Shadow Realm, I suggest you do as I say!" Marik commanded.
The man gulped frightfully. "O-okay! W-what is it you w-want from m-me?"
Marik grinned. "I want you to buy a case of glow in the dark underwear!"
"Is that all you-"
"SILENCE!!!! DO AS I SAY!!!"
The man squeaked and hunched over so that he was in a fetal position. "Um...okay...one box?"
"Hm....better make it all of them....ten boxes.
"Okay! Just don't hurt me!!!" The man grabbed his wallet, grabbed his wallet, and took out twenty dollars. Literally throwing the money at Marik, the man grabbed to boxes and ran off screaming. Marik turned back to Yami with a look of triumph on his face. He grinned.
"Pharaoh!! Didn't I tell you that I was superior to you?! You didn't think I can do it, now did you? Proves how smart you Pharaohs are! Have anything to say for your self?...Pharaoh?"
Yami was busy looking over his deck of cards. Once he heard Marik talking to him, he looked up.
"Did you say something, Marik?
((20 minutes later- Corporate (spelled it right!) Meeting Room))
"We sold all ten boxes, sister. How many did you sell?"
"Ten."
"What?!? Then which team loses a member?!?"
Once both teams had found out that both of them had sold their ten boxes, everyone went crazy. The pandemonium continued until Mokuba entered the room and sat at the head of the table.
"From what I've heard, both teams sold their ten boxes, correct?" Mokuba asked.
"Yea..." Everyone replied in unison.
"So...I guess that means that two people are leaving today."
"Yea...WHAT?!!?" Everyone screamed at the youngest Kaiba.
"Well yea. It would have had to be done anyways. Or otherwise, next week, it would be two against one. That's uneven.
Everyone sighed, and prepared for the worst.
"So...the two people to be fired this week are-"
Just then, the door flew open, and a very angry looking Seto Kaiba stood in the doorway. Just as the door flew open, thunder and lightning crashed outside. The lights flickered out, the revived. Everyone screamed.
Kaiba stomped over to Mokuba, and turned the younger Kaiba's chair around so that they were face-to-face.
"MOKUBA!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!?!? WHY THE HELL DID YOU KNOCK ME BACK OUT USING A CARBOARD BOX?!?! AND YOU HAVE BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR TAKING OVER MY SHOW!!!!"
"But um...Seto! I made you forty bucks!!" Mokuba tried to get out of Kaiba's wrath. Kaiba's face suddenly softened.
"...Forty?...cash or check?"
Mokuba handed his brother two twenty-dollar bills. Kaiba suddenly became happy.
"Now that's better! Why don't you run along now and play Game Bored or something?"
"You mean Game Boy, Seto?"
"Yea, that. Go play it."
"Okay. Bye guys!" With a wave to Yami and everyone, Mokuba left the room.
"Now...where was Mokuba?" Hm..." Kaiba looked at a piece of paper. "It says here that both teams sold ten boxes of...glow in the dark underwear? I'm not gonna even ask." Kaiba sighed, and looked up from the paper. "So...that means that two of you are fired this week, right? Of course I'm right. So..."
Everyone grimaced.
Kaiba grinned. This was the best part! "Joey, Marik? You're FIRED!!!!"
"What? NO!!!!" Joey shrieked.
"Nooo!!! I'm the darkness!! You can't do this to me!!!!" Marik protested.
"Wanna bet? GUARDS!!!!!" Kaiba smiled evilly as two Kaiba Corp guards came and dragged Joey and Marik away.
"You'll be hearing from my lawyers, Kaiba!!! As...soon as I figure out how to get one!!!" Joey's voice faded as he disappeared from sight.
Kaiba sighed. "Only one more week, that God." He turned to Ishizu and Yami. "Looks like you two are the only ones left. Next week, you'll compete for a spot to work for me."
You stole my line, KAIBA!!!!
"Um...you're welcome?"
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